Suburbs offer lower prices and better cash flow, but may have trade-offs in proximity and commute. 

Sherman has awesome growth prospects and some people commute to Dallas. 

And, that this return to office will manifest itself first in suburban areas with relatively less competition and shorter commutes for local workers, and that re-absorption of inventory will take a lot of time in urban areas with tons of vacancies.

Somewhere close to GA would be good to commute, in case if we have to make a travel to see the actual property.

They visited Waco on the Magnolia tour idea and saw the houses, saw the prices and wished they could have moved there and just commuted maybe 1 or 2x a month for the office meeting.   90min drive every day would have been killer, but a couple of times a month they thought wasn't bad.

I live in Suwanee, Atlanta, and commute to work in Alpharetta.

You should focus on duplexes in Huntsville for a house hack" - Jane in Montana;  great, except there are an incredibly few duplexes in Huntsville"Hazel Green is an easy commute from Huntsville and shouldn't affect your rental prospects" - Joe in Chicago. 

I've been listening to audiobooks and podcasts whenever I commute or conduct repetitive tasks at work, read books on the plane, or look through the forums as needed.

It was obvious the client was not going to commute from Orlando to Miami for work.

I kept looking further and further out to find an affordable place where the commute to the city was an hour +.Out of frustration one day I expanded my search to include Hudson County NJ and found that there were great neighborhoods with multi family buildings perfect for house hacking.